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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 05:37 PM Original message |
After much reading here - a straight white guy's take on all this mess |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, we all have some power. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I am reminded of what Porter Goss said to me during the March on Washington (1993). |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Power |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I've never had that happen (of course, my husband only |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. LOL me too. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. A straight black gal's take on all this mess... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Charming formulas, but a bit over generalized. |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Not exactly |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. For the record, I do not spout and I never repeat right wing talking points. |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. No, I think NOT. |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Holy Jeebus...that is brilliant. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 01:48 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I have to ask, Morgana... |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Sure -- on those occasions |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Ah, alright |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. many people prefer the role of victim so they can blame "others" for their own failures |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. i have no idea WHAT you're talking about relative to the op. |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. can you explain what this means clearly? nt. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Your posts so consistently reveal such predjudice |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. are you saying gays are playing the "victim" in this? |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 03:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. No, just that gays are drug addicts and spend all their money on crap. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. wow! you're even deeper |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. minorities -- even ''powerful'' minorities |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Personally... |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I was thinking the very same thing |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Reading it blew my mind. |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. It was many many years ago that I read it |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. "the Other" is the crux of the whole problem. |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Which is why I love when Frankenstein lived with the blind woman. |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. It's not our brains -- at least not an inherent feature of humankind |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 03:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. And the "other" is created/perpetuated by those in power so as to divide and conquer |
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motocicleta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Yet I do not need to read gay lit, black lit, etc |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. We needed a day (week?) of Healing |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think it's wonderful ... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. A sufficiently thorough bio should count for 1000 posts, shouldn't it? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Well, I've been told (in no uncertain terms) that what I thought I thought ... |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. you are so deep |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. Straight white male here. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. Except for the redefinition of what "minority" means... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. Thoughtful as always! |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
40. nicely said |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
41. I'm just glad you did not get flamed to death for this |
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